Raised Southern Baptist in North Carolina, the actor says playing gay characters turned shame into strength.
Michael Johnston says playing gay characters helped him accept himself before he came out
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Only 4 states require 5 weekly job searches to collect unemployment. A new Labor Department proposal would make that the national minimum
State job search rules for unemployment benefits currently vary widely across the U.S. The Trump administration has proposed a national minimum requiring people applying for or collecting unemployment benefits to complete at least five work searches every week, according to CBS. While only four states currently mandate five searches, many others require just two or […]
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Ex-NYPD officer charged in a Brooklyn jogger’s stabbing reportedly went back to work at an elementary school the Monday after her death
Police spent more than a week searching for the person who stabbed 28-year-old jogger Katie Suarez on a Bath Beach waterfront path. During that time, Sayed Mohassib returned to his teacher aide job at a Brooklyn elementary school, according to the New York Post. The former police officer worked at PS 200 on the Monday […]
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Idaho man accused of killing a man with a sword in Pocatello allegedly claims he ‘cut his gun.’ Police say the gun they found had a trigger lock on it
An Idaho man is facing a second-degree murder charge after police found his neighbor with a sword lodged in his torso. Ronald Dean Cantrell was standing beside a car at a Pocatello apartment complex when officers arrived, according to the Idaho State Journal. He had his hands up and told the officer he had a […]
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New Jersey mail carrier says the ‘911 inside’ note on a Mount Holly home may have been left for him. Police found 3 people dead inside
Mail carrier Dom Clements found a note reading “9-1-1 Inside” by the front door of a Mount Holly, New Jersey, home on his route Friday, according to the New York Post. Police who went inside found three elderly people dead. Officials have not released the identities of the deceased or a cause of death, as […]
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Trump’s former defense attorney Todd Blanche warns Democrats against ‘outright threats’ of launching investigations into Trump administration members
Verbal spat
"You have to draw the line"
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Deputies say two 13-year-olds were warned not to grab each other on a Georgia fair swing ride. Then the swings collided, and a woman left by ambulance
A night at the Columbia County Fall Fair in Grovetown, Georgia, ended with a woman leaving in an ambulance after a swing ride sent its seats crashing into one another. Two 13-year-olds now face charges, as deputies said they believe the pair intentionally caused the swing ride to go out of control, according to WRDW. […]
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As his child’s school loses 42-0, a Michigan dad allegedly walks past multiple bathrooms at the rival school and defecates in a hallway
Police in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, are investigating a parent from Bedford High School in Temperance after he was allegedly caught on camera defecating in a hallway at Grosse Pointe South High School, according to CBS. The incident reportedly occurred Friday night after a football game in which the Grosse Pointe South Blue Devils defeated […]
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Mom of four says a Costco stranger complained about her kids disturbing the peace, so she asked one calm question and the woman walked away
‘Have a good day.’
A mom of four says a short exchange with an older shopper at Costco ended with her kids wishing the woman a good day. According to Upworthy Amplify, she described the encounter in an Instagram reel, where she says she was shopping with her four children, aged two to six. As she passed, the older […]
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Woman says her Costco chicken salad listed cooked chicken breast, yet the chicken inside looked pink and glossy: ‘literally raw’
‘I am not bashing Costco, and I did return it for a refund.’
A shopper returned a container of Costco chicken salad for a refund, then asked online whether anyone else had been sold the same batch. According to Subplot News, she shared the problem in a TikTok video that shows cooked chicken breast listed first and chicken that looked pink and glossy. She says the container was […]
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Woman gets dumped, then goes viral after stumbling across a surprising group of supporters, ‘the most iconic way to go through a breakup’
She's gotta be feeling better after that.
Getting dumped is never fun, but after it happened to TikToker Grace Hackett (@gracehacket) on November 9, 2026, she found her spirits lifted after coming across a surprising group of supporters — the cast of Chicago Fire. In a TikTok now gone viral with over 865,000 views, Hackett holds a bottle of wine while standing by […]
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Marco Rubio denies a ‘breakthrough’ in talks with Iran over ‘unacceptable’ and ‘outrageous’ demands
Room for improvement
"Really not realistic"
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Woman cleans out late mother’s home, then finds a shocking secret hidden in the freezer, ‘It’s like the script of a horror movie’
Cleaning out people's homes uncovers a lot of secrets.
A woman in Allariz, Spain, was clearing out her late mother’s home on November 2, 2026, when she stumbled across a horrifying discovery in the freezer — the body of an infant. According to local outlet La Región, she found the remains in a storage area on the ground floor of the building. Now, the […]
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ICE asked for the names of everyone at a Bronx homeless shelter. A judge rules NYC must hand over only residents with ‘serious criminal histories’
A federal judge decided that New York City must share the names and birthdays of specific residents at a Bronx homeless shelter with federal immigration officials, according to Gothamist. US District Judge Lewis Kaplan issued the ruling after months of disagreement between the federal government and Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration, which has renewed its push […]
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Florida man says he had 4 beers before a crash that killed a cyclist near Tampa, but he tells troopers the rider was in the middle of the road
Michael Barr now faces a DUI manslaughter charge after a fatal crash in Florida. Hillsborough County records show the 37-year-old remains in the Falkenburg Road Jail without bond. The DUI manslaughter charge carries far heavier penalties than a standard DUI charge after a crash, as Florida treats a death caused by an impaired driver as […]
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Trump tells CBS’s 60 Minutes he gets an ‘A-plus’ for closing up the border. Then he says his deportation policy ‘might be too tough’
President Donald Trump said his hardline approach to immigration enforcement and deportations might have been too tough on people who have lived in the country for a decade or more. He made the comments to Ross Douthat on 60 Minutes, according to CBS, three days after Republicans lost both chambers of Congress in the midterm […]
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